Illinois · Private foundation
The Dla Piper Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $420k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2024
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 41
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $751k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations The Dla Piper Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $148k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 23 | $420k | 26% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $442k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $272k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $288k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 41 | $665k | 76% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $286k | 83% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $422k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $133k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Global FoodBanking Network | $237,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Legal Services Corporation | $200,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Veterans Legal Services Program Inc | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lawyers Alliance for New York | $135,000 | 5 | 1% |
| DC Affordable Law Firm | $100,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Greater Boston Legal Services Inc | $100,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Legal Aid Chicago | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| OneJustice | $67,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Babseacle Inc | $64,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Capital Area Food Bank Inc | $52,500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 69 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($762k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Dla Piper Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Sidley Austin Foundation · Equal Justice Works · The Skadden Foundation · The Morrison & Foerster Foundation · Perkins Coie Foundation · Katten Muchin Rosenman Foundation Inc · United Way Miami Inc · Mc Dermott Will and Emery Charitable Foundation · Quinn Emanuel Foundation · The Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Venable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Dla Piper Foundation
- How much does The Dla Piper Foundation give?
- The Dla Piper Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $419,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 41 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Dla Piper Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (60%), Food & Nutrition (16%), Religion (6%).
- Who are The Dla Piper Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Global FoodBanking Network ($238k), Legal Services Corporation ($200k), National Veterans Legal Services Program Inc ($150k).
- Does The Dla Piper Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Dla Piper Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Dla Piper Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Sidley Austin Foundation, Equal Justice Works, The Skadden Foundation.
- Where is The Dla Piper Foundation based?
- The Dla Piper Foundation is based in IL.
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